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Posted on Aug 8, 2009 in Cook, Storecupboard Specials | 0 comments

Old Millbank Smokehouse Smoked Trout and Lemon Pasta Salad

Old Millbank Smokehouse Smoked Trout and Lemon Pasta Salad
When we had the Mallow Farmers’ Market taking place outside Urru last summer, I never missed the chance to pick up a pack of Old Millbank Smokehouse hot smoked trout from Geraldine Bass. Saturday mornings in work were always busy so I had to watch for a gap between customers to make a dive out of the...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2009 in Cook, Storecupboard Specials | 2 comments

Time for pancakes! Irish Pancake recipe

I have loved Pancake Tuesday ever since I was a child, standing on a chair so I could reach the cooker to make stacks and stacks of pancakes. It sometimes took a long time before the family was satiated! Since those crêpe-making days, the thinner the better, I’ve become a fan of fluffy American...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2008 in Kitchen | 0 comments

Morning eggs

Morning eggs
While we were away in France, we were lucky enough to have my Naas Cousin come to house- and chicken-sit for a few days. Not only did she take extraordinarily good care of the place and livestock, she also left us a gift of the cutest pair of dozy bear eggcups. Boiled eggs will simply never be the same...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2008 in Cook, Grow, Storecupboard Specials | 0 comments

A simple salad: Jack McCarthy’s Air-Dried Beef and Parmesan Salad

A simple salad: Jack McCarthy’s Air-Dried Beef and Parmesan Salad
With such fantastic air-dried beef, there’s little need to gild the lily. A simple salad The freshest of salad leaves from your garden or Gairdín Eden A few slices of Jack McCarthy‘s air-dried beef Gabriel or Parmesan cheese A small clove of garlic, crushed A lemon Good quality extra virgin...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2008 in Storecupboard Specials | 2 comments

Jack McCarthy Meats

Craft butcher Jack McCarthy is a passionate man. Make a visit to his shop in the middle of the main street in Kanturk and be prepared to learn all about his wide range of award-winning meat products. On a quick visit to the town to meet up with the Editor earlier today, I called in to pick up some of my...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2008 in Cook, Kitchen | 0 comments

Valentine’s Night – delayed: Simple Irish Cheese Fondue

Due to a car battery failure, our Valentine’s treat got put on hold until Saturday night but the fondue was definitely worth waiting for. I didn’t make the traditional Gruyere/Emmental fondue but I did put together a variation of Myrtle Allen’s Ballymaloe Cheese Fondue, using local...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2007 in Bake, Kitchen | 21 comments

My very own KitchenAid: Passion Fruit Cake for afternoon tea

My very own KitchenAid: Passion Fruit Cake for afternoon tea
I have a confession to make: I’ve just bought myself a shiny, glossy red KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer! The workhorse of many American kitchens and beloved by cooks like Nigel and Nigella, I’ve been lusting after one of these babies for quite a while. I first fell in love with one I saw in the...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2007 in Do, Storecupboard Specials | 3 comments

Moving time

It’s moving week so there’s not much cooking and baking going on, apart from me making loaves of brown bread to try and use up some of the six – yes, count them, SIX! (and that’s not mentioning the few that are down at the cottage, ahem…) – bags of flour that I have...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2007 in Cook, Lovely Lunches, Storecupboard Specials | 0 comments

Simple Tomato Sauce

This is the most useful recipe to have in your repertoire. I use it – sometimes with the addition of broccoli, chorizo, bacon or chilli – with gnocchi, pasta, cannelloni and polenta, as a topping for pizza and even when baking pancakes. If you can track down some decent Italian plum tomatoes,...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2006 in Kitchen | 6 comments

A new place to cook

A new place to cook
Well, after a few years of searching – plus 2½ never-ending months of frustrating to-ing and fro-ing with mortgage providers, solicitors and auctioneers – the Boyfriend and I have finally managed to take possession of a little country cottage, our Irish bach, in North County Cork. It is a...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2006 in Do, Storecupboard Specials | 3 comments

EBBP#5 – The Taste of Summer

EBBP#5 – The Taste of Summer
One of the (very) many events organised by fellow food bloggers is a series of regular parcel exchanges. Last year in New Zealand I thoroughly enjoyed participating in Blog By Mail 2 and now I’ve gotten involved in Euro Blogging By Post #5, this round of which is being run by Jeanne over at the...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2006 in Cook, Kitchen | 4 comments

Ingredient experiments – Pomegranate molasses: Bulgur and Cauliflower Salad with Pomegranate Molasses Dressing

Ingredient experiments – Pomegranate molasses: Bulgur and Cauliflower Salad with Pomegranate Molasses Dressing
When out shopping – especially in ethnic food shops – I’m a demon for picking up new and unusual ingredients that I’ve no idea how to use. I just see something in Dublin’s Asian Market, say, or – very especially – Middle Eastern shop Spiceland that looks interesting...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2006 in Bake, Kitchen | 2 comments

Chocolate Ripple Sliver Cake and a new electric mixer

Chocolate Ripple Sliver Cake and a new electric mixer
Ever since I saw Feast@Home by New Zealand food writer Julie Le Clerk I’ve been wanting to make the cake on the cover – a Chocolate Ripple Sliver Cake. But, every time I’ve re-read the recipe, I’ve realised afresh that I simply can’t make it without an electric handheld...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2006 in Do, Storecupboard Specials, Travel | 4 comments

Moroccan (foodie) souvenirs

Moroccan (foodie) souvenirs
Honey – Moroccan honey is the most un-honey-tasting honey that I’ve ever eaten. We often had it for breakfast, the rich caramel sweetness drizzled across English muffin-styled Moroccan pancakes called beghrir or the flaky, multi-layered rghaïf. Accompanied with a tall glass of freshly squeezed...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2006 in Cook, Storecupboard Specials | 4 comments

Confiture de lait

Confiture de lait
If there’s one thing nicer than Murphy’s Seacláid (chocolate) Ice Cream, eaten straight from the tub beside the fire (yep, it’s still cold in Ireland!), then it’s got to be that self same cold, intensely flavoured ice cream topped with great generous spoonfuls of creamy sweet/salty...
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